~
Be the very first to listen to a brand new song poem I created today! 🙂
https://soundcloud.com/indigoraven/poem-song

04 Feb 2021 2 Comments
in haiku, micropoetry Tags: haiku, micropoetry
~
the stain of you
sheltering in remembrance
won’t leave this pure embrace
04 Feb 2021 Leave a comment
in Poetry
~
zoom away your day
this new way
hollywood-squares display
mute and unmute
the most common interplay
today
what’s that you say?
you were both speaking
there’s no delay
struggling to express
lonely stress
your life’s a mess
covid duress
thou doth protest
longing for human touch
in denial too much
seeking connection and meaning
longing for more than
yet another zoom meeting
03 Feb 2021 Leave a comment
in micropoetry, Nature, poem, Poetry, Spirituality, vss, water Tags: Nature, Ocean, Poetry, Spirituality
~
the rolling, the rolling
carrying out to sea
tang of salt on tongue
sand churning, grinding to dust
let it be
the wetness, the gladness
the power is badass
I weather storms
bring gentle calms
and rock sailors to sleep
roaring, lapping, laughing
each wave
a deep breath and release
warming, cooling, soothing lullabies
ruled by the moon in earth’s disguise
my essence collects in seashells
hold one to your ear
and hear me, feel me
the entire universe here in the palm of your hand
and memories of me linger in hidden grains of sand
© Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
24 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in Poetry
We have been gathering online weekly since March and it is going well. You are welcome to join us Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. EST.
https://soulpurposehealing.weebly.com/compassionate-inquiry-online-support-group.html
Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
I am considering creating and hosting a C.I. (Compassionate Inquiry) group on Zoom.
It would be audio and chat – no video.
In the workshops I’d lead participants through a meditation in nature and then in creating a support network so that each participant is grounded and stabilized before we explore your feelings.
Then I’d lead the group in a Compassionate Inquiry into your feelings (emotional and/or physical).
Once the Compassionate Inquiry is completed there would be a Q & A in chat.
Sessions would be 40 minutes. If it goes well, I will be running this weekly so people can obtain regular support.
Compassionate Inquiry was taught to me by world-renowned trauma expert, Dr. Gabor Maté.
He taught me that authenticity is at the root of all healing and how having a compassionate witness providing guidance to keep you on track can help you to tap in to…
View original post 76 more words
23 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in Poetry
Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
just like when a seashell
is held to your ear
and you hear the ocean
~
when you’re held
to my chest
I feel the universe
~
stars explode
glacier’s tears
wash away
all that never mattered
~
our hearts beat in unison
to the rhythm
of mother earth’s heartbeats
~
and we belong
to a time
with no time
#poetry
23 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in Poetry
Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
winter maker comes to my window
making himself known
mirroring stars in my eyes
proffering star essence
deep into these marrowless bones
that have long wandered this world alone
~
absorbing cosmic essence
assuaging eternal longing
securing belonging
as above
so below
#micropoetry
image of Wesakaychak (Winter Maker) by Edwin Bighetti
21 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in Healing, Indigenous, micropoetry, Nature, peace, Poetry Tags: ceremony, Indigenous, micropoetry, Nature, Peace, Poetry, Spirituality
~
we hug
cheek to bark
our spirits dance
into a canopy of golden
praise, prayers and offerings
in shapes of maple leaves
my heart ascends
fluttering dancing
our trunks branches
swoon in unison
I join you
on bright winds
for a moment
in joyful rebellion
there in the forest
of belonging
10 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in Child Abuse, counselling, death, education, Empowerment, Healing, hope, Human Rights, newwaysofbeing, perseverance, Suicide, Support, survivor, trauma, truth Tags: deathwithdignity, healing, hope, mental health, newworld, Suicide, worldmentalhealthday
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. I struggled with suicidal thoughts most of my life but I was too scared to talk about it for risk of losing my rights being locked away and being force medicated.
Being drugged was something I experienced in childhood abuse and also as an adult being drugged by men who later sexually assaulted me.
When I did speak up about suicidal thoughts some medical professionals just ignored me which only exacerbated the really desperate feelings and contributed to wanting to even more.
But I always refused to take my life and I wouldn’t give myself permission to (as I believed I’d have to come back and do it all over again and there’s no way I will live through what I already lived through again).
When I did finally find safe people to talk with about suicide it suddenly shifted in a big way and the feelings to leave the planet became much less. It quickly became apparent suppressing the thoughts about suicide and keeping it secret was really fueling it.
Also, for me, I had to finally give myself permission that if it came right down to it and I really felt I had to, that I could choose to leave the planet.
Once I did this, I got clear it wasn’t about wanting to die as much as it was really about wanting to escape life circumstances and challenging feelings that felt unbearable.
So I am sharing this openly as it may help someone. Please know you are not alone. Please reach out until you find someone safe to speak to. It’s really important to be witnessed, to be heard and to have safe space held to express these feelings and thoughts in. It’s really important to not have someone judge and/or try to fix you. It’s really important to honour the feelings and to give them space and expression.
Being present with another person’s pain is what’s needed and the reality is the majority of people just really don’t have this capacity. I do and that’s why I do this work now. I offer Compassionate Inquiry sessions one on one.
I really feel our new world we are all creating needs to include safe spaces for people facing suicidal thoughts to be able to share openly and to be supported and educated about options and to really have a structure in place to walk it all through without fear of being locked up, being force medicated, losing one’s rights, etc.
Suicide needs to be decriminalized so people aren’t acting out of desperation alone. It needs to be embraced and people need to be supported rather than them taking dangerous steps that may not result in ending their life after all and may instead cause even greater issues.
Everyone has the right to die with dignity. Death is sacred. I do believe if we did the above there would be a lot less suicides. I am so glad I chose to stick around as life is definitely worth living.
05 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in Poetry
the world hates me
but I came to help
I came with gifts
to give you all opporunities
to get clear on what’s important
to go within
to know yourselves
to connect to your inner gifts
and share them with the world
yes along with me comes death
but those deaths are not in vain
I raise awareness
to the injustices
racism
the inhumanity
to all of the suffering
I expose the ugliness of people
I reveal
beauty in others
norms that was never normal
so others can feel the pain
so others can feel what it’s like to go without
to not be able to get what they want
for a change
a new experience for the 1%
I help people to connect to their mother
the earth
to their food chain
so they can garden
and have some security
and learn the current systems don’t work
yes it’s sad some can’t pay the rent now
and others are starving
and many feel so terribly alone
it’s heartbreaking many must die alone
but this was already the norm for many
but now more can see it
now more can’t unsee it
now is the time for change
we can’t continue on this way
so I am hated
for doing what needs to be done
the old world
colonial systems
and unhealthy ways of being
all need to die
to clear the way
for a better one
all life needs honouring
our planet needs respect
and safe keeping
I don’t enjoy taking lives
I don’t want to keep people apart
those that choose to respect me
choose to do what’s safer
those that connect to their hearts
are making the best choices
please know
in the long run
without me there’d be way more deaths
way more suffering
way more pain
way more racism
way more injustice
and the destruction of our planet
so I am one way
to try to make changes now
while we still can
because soon
there won’t be any turning back
but right now
there’s still time
time to choose the red road
the path of honouring all life
the path of love
the path of your spirit
to save our planet
but the prophecies say
one day that door will close
and we will no longer have the choice
so please choose now
while you still can
~covid19
30 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in covidpandemic, Healing, mindfulness, pandemic, Poetry, Spirituality Tags: covidpandemic, healing, Mindfulness, Spirituality
gentle reminder we are all creating a new world so please keep this foremost in your mind when going about your day and in the decisions you make and in the actions you take or don’t take. the gift of this pandemic is present for us to harness these energies and especially since the injustices and inequalities that are finally being seen, can’t be unseen.
please join me in creating a better world praying and/or intending what you want this new world to be. the veil is thinning as we are remembering who we really are.
we come into this earthwalk needing to forget we are – a limitless spirit of the light that lives forever – in order to learn what we need to learn here. but the choice to remember is always present to us.
the option to go inwards and get present is always available to us – as everything you need is within you. as you remember and heal, so do others – microcosm/macrocosm.
as you envision the new world and other do as well, it becomes reality.
17 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Art, Healing, Indigenous, Poetry Tags: Art, healing, Indigenous
this is my third colouring project using a print of the beautiful art of the talented Indigenous artist, Christ Belcourt. it was a lot of fun. 🙂
17 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Nature, photography, Poetry Tags: Nature, photography
how I love the clouds of father sky and how much information they bring me.
17 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Healing, Nature, Poetry, Spirituality, storytelling, vss Tags: child abuse, healing, Nature, Poetry, Spirituality, storytelling
~
twin red cedars of my youth
how you housed my fears
and what little innocence I had left
you gave me shelter
you took me on journeys
a ladder to freedom
high into father sky
taller than the house
gifting me a giant’s view
I’d braid your bark
into a warrior shield
you enabled me to escape
the homeless home
for a time
I’d weave myself
in and out of your branches
in a temporary dance of freedom
above below in between
embraced in amongst your strong arms
my body protected
we’d play house under you
we had privacy there too
I was sad I had to leave you both
when we moved away
gratitude, red cedars of my youth
06 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Humour, Poetry Tags: Humour
~
So they say wild animals are returning to cities all over the world…
Meanwhile… in Middle Earth. 😂🤣😆
04 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Healing, micropoetry, Nature, Poetry, Spirituality, Support, vss Tags: healing, inspiration, micropoetry, Music, Nature, Poetry, Spirituality, Support
~
vast; father sky expands above you
stunning beauty of expressive clouds
painted by great masters
pulls you into the present moment so fully
feeling the aching juxtaposition of your body relaxing
more than it has in a very long time
as tears flow, your heart may burst
from undeniable validation and support
04 May 2020 Leave a comment
in cleansing, clearing, climatechange, Colonialism, counselling, decolonize, education, Empowerment, environment, Food, freedom, Healing, Human Rights, hunger, Idle No More, Indigenous, mindfulness, natural law, Nature, peace, prayer, presentmoment, rebirth, Reclamation, reconciliation, recovery, Save Our Planet, Spirituality, storytelling, teaching, truth, water Tags: earth, education, Environment, health, inspiration, learning, Nature, prayer, Science, spirit
~
25 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Healing, Indigenous, micropoetry, mindfulness, Poetry Tags: healing, Indigenous, Mindfulness, Poetry
~
looking out over lake ontario
drum beats reflect the heart
swan flies east
neck outstretched
time travel
back to AST
waves of feeling
crash on shore
ocean like
I ache for the pacific
the land that wants me
the land that claims me
the land that repatriates me
raven calling me home
30 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in Nature, newwaysofbeing, Spirituality Tags: Nature, newwaysofbeing, Spirituality
~
tonight I’d a new experience with two robins and a northern cardinal pair that were in a cedar tree. the winds were so strong they all tucked in amongst the branches so I serenaded them for a change 💓 whistling the girl from ipanema to soothe them as they sheltered from the storm. 🙂
30 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
Michael Champagne is a great person that I love – you will definitely want to check him out! 😎
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
via Michael Redhead Champagne LIVE on Facebook & Instagram March 30 – April 3, 2020
28 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in Poetry
listening to music and how much it can lift the spirit and also move me. ❤
Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
How do you define a sad song – What is it that makes a song sad for you?
Is it because it moves you to tears… is it because it reminds you of a life event that was happening when you first heard the song… is it because the song is part of the soundtrack for a sad movie you saw… does it remind you of a special person or place… is it the lyrics… the tune… the instruments… that it is relatable?
Is it the story of the musician who took his life after writing it… the history of the song that you hear in an interview that makes it sad to you..? Does it remind you of some loss you‘ve experienced – a loved one, a relationship, a time of life, etc? Is it strictly a feeling? Is it indescribable?
Is it sad because it reminds you…
View original post 335 more words
27 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in decolonize, Empowerment, Healing, mindfulness, newwaysofbeing, Poetry, Spirituality, truth Tags: decolonize, Empowerment, healing, Mindfulness, newlife, newwaysofbeing, Spirituality, truth
~
Part 2 to my poem I posted below on Mar 22:
staying frozen in F.E.A.R
Future Events Appear Real
what’s the deal
social media’s unreal
what you focus on and feed
becomes a deep demanding need
we’ve got everything we need inside us
it takes trust and belief to provide for us
you’ve got everything you need inside you
take time to be with the truth of you
stop running way, numbing and hiding
now is the time for reality and presiding
over who you are and who you want to be
now is the time to restore us
to create what we want before us
all of what we ever dreamed of
hope and belonging
for our deepest soul longing
honouring of all life
freedom from all strife
blessings from above
radical acceptance
unconditional love life sentence
given to us every day
the beauty and support of nature
in every way
meditate to get to you
embracing the ultimate truth
of who you are
you’re going to go far
in this new world
cant you see
this is how it always was meant to be